Snap-hook



(No Model.)

N. KINSLEY 8v A. HEUSSER.

' SNAP HOOK.

lPatented Mar. 22, 1887.

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UNITED STATES VPATEN Enron,

NATHANIEL KINSLEY AND ALBERT HEUSSER, OF TAYLOR, NEVADA.

SNAP'HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 359,929, dated March 22, 1887.

Application tiled September 18, 1886. Serial No. 213,875.

.To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that we, Neri-[AMEL KinsLEY and ALBERT Hnnssnn, of Taylor, in the county of White Pine and State of Nevada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Snaps; and we do hereby de clare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which f orin part of this specification.

Our invention relates to snap-hooks, and has for its object to provide a device of this class which will be simple in construction, cheap and durable in use, and of such construction whereby it may be readily unfast ened while under strain.

XVitli these objects in View, our invention consists in certain details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter, and the specific points of novelty in which will he designated in the appended claim.

In the drawings connected with this application, Figure l is a longitudinal section of the snap-hook through fr in Fig. 1, having the hook closed. Fig. 2 isa perspective View of the same, but with the hook opened.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A is the hook, pirated at A to the extremity of the stein B, which is curved somewhat at its end to forni a circle continuons with the hook. The opposite end of said stein B is formed with the bifurcations B', between which is se- (No model.)

The pin P, we prefer to make cylindrical, easily movable in the hole N in the stem B, and pressed into contact with the hook A by means of the spiral spring M. A button, L, projecting laterally from said pin through the slot L', enables the pin to be depressed, and

thereby disengaged from the notch A in the hook. The outer extremity of the pin P, being formed into the flattongne P', adapted to enter the notch A of the hook, and the edges of said tongue and of the lip A being snitably chamfered, as shown, the contact of said charnfered edges when the hook A is pressed home represses the pin P, so that the former can reach its seat B", and said pin can enter the notch A.

To forni a. tight, smooth joint at the point of the hooks engagement with the stem, we form the projecting lip A" at the end of the hook A, which lip, being fitted to lie in the seat Bm of the stem, makes a smooth continuons surface from the stein B into the hook A.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a snap-hook, lthe combination, with the stem B, having the hole N, provided with the slot L', ofthe pin P, mounted in said hole and formed with the tongue P', the button L, projecting from said pin 'through said slot, the spring M, 'l'or outwardly pressing said pin, and the hook A, pivoted at A to the stem and formed with the lips A AW and notch A", for engagement with said tongue P', the outer portion of said hole X in the stem B being formed with the seat B"' for rccei ving saidlip A and making a smooth point, as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoinglas our own we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

NATHANIEL KINSLEY. ALBERT HEUSSER.

Vitnesses:

FRANK H. BnoKEs, iWIioHAEL COHEN. 

